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UNITED STATES' PATENT OFFICE.

JOI-IN CUBER AND ANTON HACKENBROCH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

ASSIGNORS TO F. PATZACK MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A COR- PORATION OFILLINOIS.

SEWING-MACHINE TABLE OR CABINET HEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 710,042, datedSeptember 30, 1902.

Application led October 19, 1901. Serial No. 79,190. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t nuty concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN CUBER and AN- TON HACKENBROCH, citizens of theUnited States, and residents of Chicago, county of Cook, and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SewingMachine Table or Cabinet Heads, of which the following, when taken inconnection with the drawings accompanying and forming a part hereof, isa fulll and complete description, sufficient to enable Vthose skilled inthe art to which it pertains to understand, make, and use the same.

This invention relates to sewing-machine tables and cabinets v known asdrop-leaf cabinets in the art`that is, cabinets provided with a hingedbase-board for the sewing-machine to be used therewith, such baseboardarranged to be dropped on its hinges,

thereto, below the top of the sewing-machine table or cabinet and sothat a top-leaf to such table or cabinet may be closed over the machine.

The object of this invention is to obtain a sewing-machine table orcabinet of the kind known in the art as a drop-leaf which will be simplein its construction, durable, and automatic in action, so that when thetop-leaf thereof is open the base-board for the sewing-machine will bebrought into a horizontal plane in position so that the sewing-machinethereon lnay be used.

A further object of thisinvention isto obtain a sewing-machine table orcabinet of the kind named wherein when the same is closed a chamber willbe secured which is to a large extent dust-proof and in which chamberthe sewing-machine will be contained.

We have illustrated a sewing-machine-table head embodying our inventionin the drawings hereinbefore referred to, andJ in Which Figure 1 is atop plan viewof a sewing-,machine table embodying the invention withvthe top-leaf thereof open, such top-leaf having one end thereof brokenaway and the top of the table also having the several edges thereofbroken-away. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on 5o line 2 2 of Fig. 1, viewedin the direction intogether with the sewing-machine attached.

\ dicated by the arrows, of one corner of the base-board of thesewing-machine table and of a leaf attached thereto, showing the mannerof such attachment. Fig. 3 isa sectional view on line 3 3 of Fig. lviewed in the direct/ion indicated by the arrows, the broken lines inFig. 3 indicating the top leaf of the sewing-machine table and thelevers connected thereto i'n the position assumed by such parts duringthe operation of opening up the sewing-machine table for use'and alsoindicating the base-board of the sewing-machine in a raised position,permitting inspection of the under side thereof and of the under side ofthe sewing-machine secured to same line as Fig. 3 is viewed with thetopleaf of the sewing-machine table closed and the sewing-machinebase-board (hereinafter termed the base-board turned down. Fig. 5 is aview in section, showing the swinging leaf in elevation at right anglesto that shown in Fig. 4.

A reference-letter applied to designate a given part is used to indicatesuch part throughout the several iigures of the drawings wherever thesaine appear.

A is atop-leaf of the sewing-machinetable head embodying our invention.ct ct are the hinges by means of which such top-leaf is attached to theStationary leaf or board B thereunder, and A' A are grooves in top-leafA and in leaf B, in which the levers I I (hereinafter described) arecontained when the sewing-machine table is open for use ofthesewing-machine therein contained.

B is a leaf or board rigidly attached to tabletop C. Leaf or board B isprovided with a rectangular aperture b therein, in which ap# erture thebase-board D and leaf D of such base-board loosely iit when top-leaf Ais open and such machine-board D' and leaf D' are in'a'horizontalpositiom so that the sewing-Inachine Vattached to suchbase-board may be used.

E E are broken lines, Fig. l, indicating a sewing-machine on base-boardD.

base-board D turns.

` Leaf D' is attached to base-board D by such base-board. Fig. 4 is aview on the F Fare the pivotal hinges on which the IOO means of thepivotal hinges G G. Hinge G comprises strap g, attached to the end edgesof the leaf D', as by screws g g', the casting g2, which is attached tothe end edges of the base-board D, as by screws g4 g4,and the pivot g3,connecting the strap g to casting g2.

g5 is a line indicatingashoulder in casting g2, against which shoulderlthe upper edge of the strap g on the part thereof prolonged beyond thepivot g3 (marked g) may come in contact when the base-board D is in asub-` aperture b in such leaf at the side edgesthereof. The levers I Irest on the brackets K K. The shape of the levers I I and brackets K Kand the relative position of such levers to the top-leaf A and thebrackets K K are such that when the leaf A is opened into substantiallya horizontal plane the upper su rface of such levers are insubstantially the same plane as the upper surface of the leaf A, withthe levers restingin the grooves a/ a', respectively, and the base-boardB is so related to such parts that at such time the baseboard is in ahorizontal plane in aperture b in leaf B.

L is a casting attached to one edge of the base-board G, as by screws ll. Casting L rests on connecting-rod H, and as such rod H is lowered bythe closing of the leaf A the side or edge of base-board D to which suchcasting L is attached (being the side or edge of base-board D which isopposite to pivotal hinges F F) falls therewith, so that when such leafA is closed-that is, in substantially the position thereof illustratedin Fig.4-the baseboard D is in position so that a sewing-machineattached thereto is beneath the under surface of such leaf A.

M, Fig. 4, is a bottom board forming, when taken in connection with theends N N, side M', and the base-board D, a chamber which iscomparatively dust-proof and in which chamber the sewing-machine securedon the baseboard is at such time as top-leaf A is closed contained. Theleaf A forms a cover to the aperture b when such leaf is closed. O is astop on bottom board M, against which stop the eastingL and base-boardD1 or one thereof, may rest when the leafA is closed and thesewing-machine secured on the base-board D is lowered, as abovedescribed.

The sewing-machine secured on the baseboard D is so placed that thefront thereof is adjacent to the side of the table embodying thisinvention, which is marked P in Fig. l.

Q Q are holes in base-board D, through y trated in Figs. 1 and 3.

rod H, as last above described, draws such which the belt ofthesewing-machine attached to such base-board may pass.

'lhe operation of the sewing-machine table embodying this invention is:The several parts being in the position illustrated in Fig. 4 of thedrawings, the top cover or leaf A is opened by being turned on itshinges a a into substantially the position thereof illustrated in Figs.l and 3. The turning of the topleaf A from the position thereofillustrated in Fig. 4 to such open position, as illustrated in Figs. land 3, draws the levers I I over the brackets K K from the position ofsuch levers illustrated in Fig. 4 into the position thereof illustratedin Figs. 1 and 3, thereby raising the connectingrod H from the positionthereof shown in Fig. 4 to the position thereof illus- The raising ofthe connecting-rod H along the under side of casting L and at the sametime raises such casting from the position thereof illustrated in Fig. 4into the position thereof illustrated in side elevation in Fig. 3, andas such casting L is attached to the base-board D, as heretoforedescribed, such base-board is turned on the pivotal hinges F F thereoffrom the suspended position (illustrated in Fig.4) into substantially ahorizontal position, as illustrated in Figs. l and 3.

lVhen the top-leaf A is closed from the position thereof illustrated inFigs. l and 3 of the drawings into the position thereof illustrated inFig. 4 of the drawings, the last hereinbefore-described operation isreversed and the base-board D, together with the sewingmachine thereon,is lowered beneath the top of the sewing-lnachine table embodying theinvention, the base-board D being in substantially the positionillustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings, with the leaf Dl attached tobaseboard D in substantially a horizontal plane.

lhe part L, hereinbefore referred to as a casting,constitutesacurvedbracket on the under side of the base-board D at the edge thereofopposite to the edge adjacent to which the pivotal hinges F F areplaced.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a sewing-machine table, the combination of a top-leaf and a boardthereunder, such board provided with an aperture therein, hingesconnecting the top-leaf and the board thereunder, a sewing-machinebase-board pivotally attached adjacent to one of the edges thereof tothe first-named board, a bracket on the under side of the machinebase-board adjacent to the edge of such baseboard which is opposite thepivotal hinges thereof, depending brackets attached to the first-namedboard, levers pivotally attached at one of the ends thereof,respectively, to the hinged top-leaf, such levers resting on thedepending brackets, a rod connecting the levers at the ends of suchlevers opposite the pivoted ends respectively on which connectlOO IIO

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ing-rod the bracket on the machine baseboard rests and by which rod theposition of the bracket and of the base-board is determined;substantially as described.

x 2. In a sewing-machine table, the combination of a top-leaf, a boardthereunder, such board provided with an aperture therethrough, hingesconnecting the top-leaf and the board thereunder, a sewing-machinebaseboard pivotally attached adjacent to one of the edges thereof to thefirst-named board so as t0 be brought into the aperture in such boardwhen in a horizontal plane, a leaf, pivotal hinges connecting such leafand the machine base-board, a bracket on the under side bracket and ofthe base-board is determined and on which rod, also, the leaf pivotallyattached to the machine base-board rests when such machine base-board issuspended on its pivots; substantially as described.

3. In a sewing-machine table, the combination of a top-leaf, a boardthereunder, such board provided with an aperture therethrough, hingesconnecting the top-leaf and the board thereunder, asewing-machinebaseboard pivotally attached adjacent to one of the edges thereof to thefirst-named board so as to be brought into the aperture in such boardwhen in a horizontal plane, a leaf, pivotal hinges connecting such leafVand the machine base-board, such leaf forming an extension of themachine base-board when such base-board is in a horizontal plane andforming a part of the dust-proof casing of the sewing-machine on thebase-board, when such base-board is lowered, and a bottom boardextending substantially in a horizontal plane from the ends of the tableand from the back side of the table to contact with such leaf when themachine base-board is down, a bracket on the underside of the machinebaseboard and a connection between the top hinged leaf and such bracketwhereby the raising and lowering of the machine baseboard is effected bythe opening and closing of the hinged top-leafysubstantially asdescribed.

JOHN OUBER. ANTON HACKENBROCH. In presence of- F. PATZACK, CHARLESTURNER BROWN.

